Episode RecapOkay two episodes this week.  Today we are going to talk about "The Replacement ( Read more... )

Episode RecapWe ended our last discussion with the idea of maintaining balance in life, a good lesson for Buffy and for all of us to heed.  How appropriate it is then for the opening scene of Episode 2 - Real Me begins with Buffy meditating, doing a handstand ala Luke Skywalker in the Empire Strikes Back.  Giles (playing Yoda here) talks her ( Read more... )

Episode RecapThe first episode begins with Buffy unable to sleep until she gets her slaying fix for the evening. From the beginning we know that she is going through something internally. Closer to her nature as the slayer, the act of slaying becomes more and more consuming. Reconciled to her fate as the slayer, Buffy is beginning to embrace it. ( Read more... )

Class has begun.  Please find your seats.  I am Professor D'Hoffryn and I will be leading this discussion on Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 5.  A few years have passed since its original broadcast, but with the DVD collection available we can now study in depth the many themes of this exceptional series of fiction.  I'm eager to dig into this ( Read more... )

This is a lecture and discussion space dedicated to Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  I've started this journal to exercise some thoughts on the episodes.  With Season 5, the series takes a more serious direction, challenging its audience in new ways.  Season 5 brought to television studies of the human condition that are very rare in the ( Read more... )